Summary

Proficient in Adobe Creative Suite CS 5 web edition (Dreamweaver, Photoshop, Fireworks, Flash, Illustrator) CSS, HTML, Expression Blend with Sketchflow, AfterEffects, Premiere, InDesign, Visio, Acrobat, Access, and MySQL. Eleven years experience in the field of web site design, multi-media development and graphic design. Six years experience in user interface design for web applications. Skilled in videography and non-linear editing. Eight years of project management experience. Experienced in audio, video and film editing. Trained in traditional art including painting and sketching.

 

Work Experience

Company	Job Title and Description
Lenovo 2011-Present	User Interface Designer (CONTRACTOR) Contract position designing the user interface for two software programs, SimpleTap and Lenovo Solution Center. SimpleTap is their touch based application found on all new Thinkpads and Tablets. Lenovo Solution Center is their system utilities program. Job duties include creating use cases, designing user flows, creating wireframes, style guides, and high fidelity prototypes. Other duties include researching new technologies and exploring how they can be integrated into the user interfaces of the programs.
SmallHD 2011-Present	Web Designer (CONTRACTOR) Currently designing and managing the company’s web site and online store. Typical projects include creating product overview pages and planning e-commerce user flow design and implementation. Other projects include designing and coding landing pages, email templates, and online shopping experiences.
Lexis Nexis 2010-2011	User Interface Designer(CONTRACTOR) User Experience and design position which entailed  creating wireframes and style guides for the project team to develop the user interface for a new Web-based application. Collaborate with the Business Analysts to achieve all usability and look and feel goals, give guidance in the design and implementation of presentation layer with the back-end part of the application, define best practices for using UI technologies. Create interactive prototypes using Expression Blend SketchFlow.
Altus Learning Systems 2009-2010	User Interface Designer Currently designing user interface elements for Altus vSearch, which combines digitally recorded video with synchronized slides and scrolling transcripts, enabling users to see and hear the content being presented. Every word spoken and every word in the slides and notes become searchable data. Detailed mockups of user interface designs are created in Fireworks and Flash Catalyst.
Saffron Technologies 2008-2009	User Interface/Web Designer Duties included creating the new user interface design for Saffron’s thin-client, Web 2.0-based application for knowledge discovery. Created wireframes in Adobe Illustrator to document user flow, designed full mock up pages with Adobe Photoshop and Fireworks, and coded the final CSS and HTML for the front end of the application. Other duties include debugging and testing for browser compatibility and W3C compliance, as well as creating graphics for Flex applications.
Near-Time, Inc. 2003-2007	Media Designer Job duties included software interface design, web site design and programming, and graphic design of advertising collateral. The job’s duties also include creating online marketing campaigns and the creation of multi-media training videos and programs, search engine optimization, the supervision of freelance web developers, and managing the marketing budget for ads and stock images.
Duke Corporate Education 2001-2003	Senior Media Designer Position involved the design, creation, and maintenance of corporate education web sites and interactive media, as well as graphic design formarketing materials, internal communications, and client programs. Other duties also included project management, script writing, video editing, and budgeting projects.
Tibco Software 1999-2001	Web Master Duties included complete design responsibility for several web sites. The position also involved creating corporate identity packages, marketing campaigns, e-commerce implementations, and GUI designs for software products.Other duties also included supervising freelance programmers and flash developers.
Fuqua School of Business Duke University 1997-1999	Assistant Director of Internet Communications Position that required web site design and maintenance for a world class MBA program. Responsibilities included developing graphic and GUI designs for intranet and internet web sites, art direction, structure design,and guidance in future implementations.
Rex Healthcare 1995-1997	Art Director Responsible for coordinating hospital's web site, including weekly updates,animations, and graphic design. Other duties included creating multimedia productions and graphic design of brochures and newsletters.
TigerDirect 1994-1995	Graphic Designer Designed and maintain company web site. Other duties included the design of catalogs, brochures, and graphics for internal software programs.

 

Education

School	Coursework
S.U.N.Y. at Buffalo 1988-1991	Bachelor of Arts Cum-Laude-Major: Media Production Coursework: Video Production, Illustration, Script Writing, Mass Media, Digital Arts. 4.0 GPA in film and video courses.
Buffalo State 1986-1988	Coursework: Video Production, Illustration, Script Writing, Mass Media, Digital Arts.